View Vacancy - Chief of Staff for Visit SRO

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Private Office

Main purpose of job:

Exceptional opportunity to work on a high profile visit, at the centre of one of the biggest foreign missions in Pakistan. You will support the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) delivering the visit.

The SRO will depend on your support to deliver a high impact visit. You will provide a mixture of strategic support, effective administration, diary management, and be a central point of contact in and out of the mission. You will work closely with the wider Visit unit, and across the whole of the High Commission.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

The successful candidate will need to:-

  • Be well organised, able to work quickly and juggle multiple priorities.
  • Have well developed interpersonal skills to work well with the wider visit unit to ensure they deliver their objectives. You will need to be a good team player, who can influence colleagues and deliver through them.
  • Be able to deal politely firmly and effectively with senior Pakistani contacts and colleagues
  • Be absolutely trustworthy and discrete.
  • Have creative and effective problem-solving skills and pay attention to details
  • Have excellent typing skills and experience in using MS 2016 Office suite
  • Manage the Visit Unit’s mailbox and the paper flow in and out of the office, prioritising, flagging urgent issues, ensuring efficient turnaround of papers and that work is dealt with promptly and by the most appropriate person.
  • Act as secretary to Visit Unit and Visit Steering Group, minuting the meetings and updating the Action Tracker This will include working closely with the High Commissioner, Deputy High Commissioner and their Private Offices.
  • Manage budgets, to ensure accountability for spend.
  • Manage diaries: including liaison with mission staff, external contacts and partners. You will need to ensure the SRO is adequately prepared for meetings.
  • Be flexible to adapt to changing priorities and pressing issues.
  • Be comfortable working under pressure and have demonstrated resilience in previous similar experiences.

Language requirements:

Language: English

Level of language required: Fluent

Experience working on high profile visits.

24 July 2019
Executive Officer (EO)
Temporary
41
South Asia & Afghanistan
Pakistan
Islamabad
British High Commission
1
PKR
199943
1 August 2019

Salary Details:  

For BHC candidates, the Local BHC Terms & Conditions will apply. 

For other than BHC candidates, Basic Salary will be ­­­­­­PKR 199943 per month plus 80,000 security allowance minus tax abatement of PKR 4997.

The BHC is recognised as a good employer, with a robust, fair and transparent performance management & appraisal system linked to increments and staff bonuses. We have a 5-day working week, plus annual leave, public holidays, maternity leave provision, special leave, paid sick leave provision; ample development opportunities, travel opportunities, a good organisational culture, and excellent work/life balance. 

Around half of our work forces are women.  We treat people with respect and equality and have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, bullying, or harassment. 

This is a good opportunity to be part of a strong, diverse team, working in the biggest network that FCO has anywhere across the globe.  We are aiming to make it the best. 

VISA, PASSPORT AND SECURITY CLEARANCE RESTRICTIONS (As necessary to perform the role)

Holds one of the following passports: UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

Each application is considered on its own merits, but the successful applicant will be subject to satisfactory security clearance. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this post is Official Sensitive. Due to the security requirements of the position applicants should be British, US, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian or EU national who have spent at least two of the last five years in their home countries. Applicants must be willing to undergo the clearance procedure, and your application should set out your nationality and places of residence for the past five years.

Applicants must have appropriate permissions/visa to be able to work in Pakistan

The level of security clearance required means that individuals with dual Pakistani nationality are ineligible to apply.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

Mandatory e-learning: Unconscious bias / Responsible for information / Health and Safety awareness

Optional cross mission L&D opportunities include:

  1. Formal in-house and external training
  2. 101 sessions from colleagues
  3. Coaching, mentoring and job shadowing
  4. Structured learning on the job

The British High Commission employs more than 300 office staff across a number of UK government departments engaged in Pakistan. We aim to be a flexible and supportive employer, promoting a diverse workforce and ensuring learning opportunities for all.

Working patterns:

If the job is suitable for flexible working patterns, please provide details:      

Given the temporary nature of the role, this role will be unsuitable for flexible working patterns. As the visit approaches, there may be some out of hours work required, which will be compensated through the usual BHC mechanisms.

To Apply:

Please note applications without (a), (b) and (c) will not be considered.

A.     Complete the Online Application Form

B.     Attach a detailed CV

C.     Complete the Motivation Segment in the Online Application Form

Internal candidates applying for this position need to upload their appraisal forms for the previous 2 years (if applicable) and also inform their current line managers. Else the application will not be considered.

We will accept only online applications by ­­“24 July 2019” midnight.

Please Note:

  • Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and no telephone enquires will be dealt with.
  • The appointment will be subject to Police Verification and other checks including references, educational and professional.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or creed. We are also open to applications from people who want to work flexibly.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.